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Thursday, 30 August 2012

Early-September Mid-Week Walking (2012-09-06)

On Thursday, 6th September, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Ainthorpe area of the North York Moors. Please meet at 10.30 am at Ainthorpe Village Green {NZ 704 077} - see the following map.

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Sunday Walking to Ilkley

On Sunday, 2nd September, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Ilkley Moor area of North Yorkshire. All walks will start in Pool {SE 244 452} and finish in Ilkley {SE 117 476} - see the following map.

Friday, 24 August 2012

Wednesday Evening Walking from the Tees Barrage (2012-08-22)

On Wednesday, 22nd August, twenty-two evening-walkers met at 7:00 pm at
The Talpore hostelry for a four-mile circular walk around Portrack Marshes.

The route that the group followed took in Teesside White Water Centre, The Marshes, a section of the Teesdale Way, the A19 Tees Viaduct, Newport Bridge, Lustrum Beck and Portrack. Details of the route can be seen by clicking on the button below.

After the official walk finished, a few members of the group extended the route by walking along the north bank of the River Tees - up as far as the Infinity Bridge at Stockton-on-Tees. They then re-traced their steps in order to join other members of the group for some refreshments in The Talpore.

Many thanks to Lynne Trattles for planning and leading the walk. Thanks also to Denise Partington for acting as our back-marker.

Some of the photos that we took during the evening's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:

Credits:Many thanks to Phil Barker and Jane Thompson for taking the photographs.

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Sunday Walking to Housesteads

On Sunday, 26th August, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Hadrian's Wall area of Northumberland. All walks will start at Brocolitia {NY 860 712} and finish in Housesteads {NY 794 685} - see the following map.

The A-walk will take in Pit Wood, Wark, Longlee Wood and a section of the Pennine Way.

The B-walk will visit Pit Wood, Sadbury Hill, a section of the Pennine way and a section of the
Roman Wall.

The C-walk will pass through Great Lonbrough, Haughtongreen and a section of the Roman Wall.

Saturday, 18 August 2012

A-Walking: Studley Royal to Pateley Bridge

Our three walks on Sunday, 13th August, each took place in the
Nidderdale region of
North Yorkshire.
The B- and C-walks both took the form of circular routes from
Pateley Bridge while the A-walk
set-off from Studley Royal.

The A-walk was led by Phil Barker (pictured below). There were eleven walkers
in the group.

The route that the walkers took included Winksley, Low Grantley, Lumley Moor Reservoir,
Cast Hills, Dallow Hall, Dallowgill, Stope Bridge, House Moor and Bouthwaite. From here, the
remaining part of the route followed the Nidderdale Way along the eastern edge
of Gouthwaite Reservoir to reach Pateley Bridge.

Some of the photos that we took during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:

Credits:Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.

Wednesday Evening Walking from Clay Bank (2012-08-08)

The clockwise circular route that the group followed took in part of the Cleveland Way, Carr Ridge, Round Hill, Medd Crag, Maltkin House, and Urra Farm. Details of the route can be seen by clicking on the button below.

During the evening the weather was quite kind to us and the conditions underfoot were very good. There were some spectacular views from the high-ground and we had an exciting descent from Urra Moor down to Maltkins House.

Many thanks to Val Cunningham for planning and leading the walk.

Some of the photos that we took during the evening's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:

Credits:Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.

Sunday Walking to Runswick Bay

On Sunday, 19th August, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the eastern coastal region of the North York Moors. All walks will finish in Runswick Bay {NZ 806 161} - see the following map.

Friday, 10 August 2012

A-Walking: Leyburn Circular

Our three walks on Sunday, 5th August, all took place in the Leyburn area of North Yorkshire. The A-walk took the form of a circular route starting at Leyburn itself; the B-walk commenced at Cover Bridge and the C-walk set off from near Jervaulx Abbey. All walks finished in Leyburn.

The A-walk was expertly led by Peter Cull (pictured below) while Les (Peter's
brother) acted as an excellent 'back-marker'.

We left Leyburn (in the rain) in a westerly direction and walked along Leyburn Shawl - then making our way to the small village of Preston-under-Scar. From here, we followed a north-westerly bearing in order to reach the small lake near Cobscar Mill {SE 062 930}. We stopped here for a short coffee-break.

After our brief stop, we continued in a north-westerly direction along good tracks and a road to reach our lunch-stop location at Dent's Houses {SE 030 941}. We took advantage of the facilities available in the shooting huts in order to facilitate our eating arrangements.

Leaving the lunch-stop venue on a southerly bearing, we progressed to Castle Bolton where we had some splendid views of the castle. Now using a south-easterly going path, we made our way to the lovely village of Redmire. Continuing on our south-easterly bearing we walked across the fields - making our way towards West Wood and Bolton Hall {SE 073 896}. We stopped here for a short tea-break - sitting on one of the surrounding walls!

We left the tea-stop location on an easterly bearing and made our way towards the village of Wensley. After crossing the A684 road, we walked across some very wet and soggy fields to reach Low Wood Lane {SE 109 898}. Turning left onto this, we now trekked uphill in a northerly direction to reach our final destination in Leyburn.

During the day, we had some very mixed weather - alternating between torrential down-pours of rain and warm spells of sunshine. Despite the 'strange' weather conditions, we had a great day.

Many thanks to Peter for planning and leading the walk. Incidentally, this was Peter's first A-walk lead for the club. Well done!

Some of the photos that we took during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:

Credits:Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Wednesday Evening Walking from Hutton Village (2012-08-01)

On the evening of Wednesday, 1st August, nine mid-week walkers assembled at 7:00 pm in Hutton Village for a five-mile circular walk around the Guisborough area. The walk was led by Jane Thompson and Phil Barker.

The route that the group followed took in Blue Lake, Hanging Stone, a section of the Cleveland Way (Hutton Moor and Black Nab), Highcliff Nab, Kemplah Wood and Reed's Wood. Details of the route can be seen by clicking on the button below.

Throughout the evening the weather was kind to us and there were some good views from Hanging Stone and Highcliff Nab. At Hanging Stone, we were also able to watch a part of a cross-country race that was taking place at the same time as our walk!

Many thanks to Jane and Phil for planning and leading the walk.

Some of the photos that we took during the evening's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:

Credits:Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.

Saturday, 4 August 2012

Hedgehope Hill Re-visited

On the weekend of 27th July, we (Jane and Phil) undertook an expedition to Wooler and Wark in Northumberland. The purpose of our visit was two-fold: first, to climb The Cheviot (on Saturday); and then, on Sunday, to undertake a more leisurely circular walk from the riverside village of Wark. The purpose of the latter was to check-out a section of Phil's forthcoming A-walk from Brocolitia (via Wark) to Housesteads on 26th August. We used the
Coquetvale Hotel in Rothbury as our base-camp.

The picture below shows a view of Hedgehope Hill as seen from our easterly descent-path off The Cheviot. The hill depicted in this picture is the one that the A-Walkers climbed during the Club's last visit to Northumberland - see here and here for more details of that event.

During Saturday's walk we covered a distance of 19 miles and incurred a total ascent of 3650 feet. Our anti-clockwise circular route took us via Commonburn House and Goldscleugh (going out) and involved ascents (and descents) of Scald Hill and Broadhope Hill on the return
trip. The route we took can be seen by clicking on the button below.

As mentioned previously, Sunday's circular walk (from Wark) was far more leisurely - a mere 4.8 miles! However, the time to cover the distance was quite substantial - 3 hours and 42 minutes! Most of the 'stop time' for this walk (over 2 hours!) was devoted to building some 'stepping stones' in order to facilitate a subsequent crossing of Warks Burn at {NY 853 765} when the A-Walkers get there on
26th August. Jane was instrumental in designing and building the crossing point (see the picture below) - I merely collected and carried some of the stones for her!

During the weekend we had two really great days in Northumberland - and discovered numerous other places that we would like to visit on future occasions.

Some of the photos that we took during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink buttons below:

Credits:Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.